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Egyptian Election Outcome is Worse Than Expected

Since last February I have predicted that the Muslim Brotherhood would win elections in Egypt… Continue reading

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Are You Smarter than a Radical Islamist?

Western government officials, journalists, and “experts” seem to believe that they and liberal Arab reformers are smarter than Islamists… Continue reading

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Egyptian Moderates Throw Themselves to the Wolves

On the eve of the Egyptian election, I’m really disgusted with the collapse of the moderate forces… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Outreach to Egyptian Democracy and Human Rights Activists

The US embassy in Cairo continues to actively support and promote democracy and human rights… Continue reading

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Egypt: How to Tell Who is a “Moderate Islamist”

The Muslim Brotherhood held a rally at Cairo’s most important mosque… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: frustration over the bread crisis, rising food prices and corruption leads to social unrest in Egypt

Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt’s poor hard and are the major contributor to… Continue reading

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What Do Totalitarians Do When They Gain Power Democratically?

These politicians know precisely what they want to do… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Next Steps for Advancing Democracy in Egypt

At the time of the Bush administration… Continue reading

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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Versus Army: Disastrous Elections or Bloody Civil War?

Only days before parliamentary elections, Egypt is in a huge crisis whose outcome will determine the future of almost… Continue reading

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Cairo Riots: Military Junta and Muslim Brothers Alliance?

The riots in Cairo and other Egyptian cities do not count as the country’s second revolution this year… Continue reading

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Brothers in Arms: The Muslim Brotherhood Takes Over the (Sunni) Arab World

On November 28, Egyptians will vote for a parliament which will also write the country’s new constitution… Continue reading

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Aliaa ElMahdy is not afraid of being a woman despite harassment in Egypt

Aliaa Magda ElMahdy, a blogger and female activist, sparked controversy and attracted both criticism and admiration in Egypt after… Continue reading

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A Saudi Writer Explains the “Muslim Brotherhood Spring”

What we are seeing is a political Islamist tsunami… Continue reading

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The Arab Political Left and the Islamist Drive for Power

In the “good old days” of Stalinist Communism, the Left would have called the Islamists, “clerical fascists”… Continue reading

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The Battle for Egypt: The Army Strikes Back

They claim to be protecting the country from Islamic fundamentalists, who appear likely to capture a plurality of seats in parliament… Continue reading

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Egypt: Top Muslim Declares All Christians ‘Infidels’

To what extent was Egypt’s Maspero massacre, wherein the military literally mowed down Christian Copts protesting the… Continue reading

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Economy: Are the Generals stealing Egypt?

After public warnings that it faces bankruptcy within a few months… Continue reading

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Egypt: Destroying Churches, One at a Time

What clearer sign that Egypt is turning rabidly Islamist than the fact that hardly a few weeks go by without a church being destroyed… Continue reading

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What’s happening in the Middle East: Fleeing Christians, “Moderate” Imam, Mad Turkish Leader, Syrian Revolution

Christians are fleeing the Middle East and Western Christians are indifferent… Continue reading

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Erdogan’s North African Tour: Turkey’s Regional Aspirations and Western Interests

The September 12-16 tour of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Egypt, Tunisia and Libya has occasioned the question what role… Continue reading

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Here Come the Arab Elections!

Imagine when parties are negotiating over the Constitution and the election rules… Continue reading

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FM Mohamed Kamel Ali Amr Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

It has become totally absurd to carry on talking about a peace process while Israel continues… Continue reading

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I Hate Israel! I Hate America! I’m a Muslim! I’ve Got it All! Let Me Be Your Leader!

I hate Israel and want to destroy it! And besides we’re all Muslims. So let me lead the Middle East… Continue reading

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Embassy Attack: The enemy of our enemy is our friend

Israeli advocacy groups often lament that the world hates Israel… Continue reading

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An Egyptian Mob Attacks Israel’s Embassy and Captures the Egyptian Revolution

How is Egypt’s revolution different from a real democratic revolution, as in Eastern Europe… Continue reading